before I share with you the Peanut Butter Banana Protein Soft Serve I had last night (woof thats a mouthful of a title right?!), lets look at some eats from yesterday!

PUMPKIN SPICE IS BACK-in case you didn’t know..which you probably did. I’m more a fan of the hot pumpkin spice lattes then the iced but it was 90 degrees and humid yesterday (wtf?) so I couldn’t stand the thought of drinking a hot latte

during the school year i try REALLY hard to not buy coffee and make my own at home but when pumpkin spice season comes around its a little harder to resist!

yesterday’s lunch was a salad with avocado, tomato, scallions, goat cheese, a trader joes salmon burger, and a fried egg on top

i set off the fire alarm trying to cook my salmon burger..that is the 3rd time since I’ve been at school that I’ve set off the alarm. ooopsie

last night for dinner I tried another new recipe! my friend Amy from Mac and Cheese and Peas (best blog name ever right?!) posted a recipe for israeli couscous with roasted eggplant which I bookmarked last week and made last night for dinner! SO delicious..there is cinnamon in the dressing which makes it a little sweet and savory at the same time

after dinner last night I digested and went to Zumba! I have rekindled my love for Zumba since I’ve been back at school..its such an amazing work out and so much fun to do!

lindsay and I meant to take a sweaty selfie afterwards but we forget..ugh. next week we will!

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after Zumba I came home hungry and decided there was only one thing I wanted

Peanut butter Banana Protein Soft Serve

Ingredients:

1 frozen banana

1/2 cup plain greek yogurt

1/2 tbsp peanut butter

1/2 packet sweetner of choice (I use truvia)

splash of almond milk (if needed)

Instructions

place all ingredients in a food processor and blend until everything is incorporated.

note: I used a mini food processor so I had to add a splash of almond milk to get things all blended together (maybe because the blade on my food processor isan’t as sharp?) but a blender would work just as well!

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I’ve seen so many versions for banana soft serve around the blog world and I can’t believe it took me so long to make a version of my own

now i have the urge to go out to the store and buy about 20 bananas just for freezer purposes..

time to go get some school work done!

I hope everyone has a great day!

and for all the college students reading (TGIT-thank god its thursday!!!)

its finally September (and pumpkin spice is back at starbucks EEK) so time for a new WIAW theme!

this month’s theme is about setting goals to try and establish healthy habits for the month (and hopefully continued on throughout the winter!)

I’m not normally one for setting goals, but in the spirit of WIAW i guess i’ll go ahead and list a few!

not skipping my Friday 9am class (failed at this one last week but I’m going to hold myself accountable from now on..damn you thirsty thursdays lol

Plan work outs for the week and stick to them! I know this summer I neglected my work out log but at school it works best for me to plan ahead for the week so I hold myself accountable! So click here if you want to see my work out’s for the week!

Try new recipes! (the amount of recipes I have bookmarked is insaneee) already doing well at this one! (see below)

try to only eat out once a week..this doesn’t include my bagel a week on the weekends 🙂

I’ll post these same goals every week and keep you updated on how well I’m doing!

12:30-1:45: Marketing class..sounds like it’s going to be a mix of an interesting class and a tedious one

2:00-3:00-Jazz Dance Class! I’m so excited that i’m able to take a dance class as my creative arts gen-ed requirement!

3:30-Snack time!

i was starvingggg..all of this walking around at school is making me hangrry

6:00pm -Kickboxing Class at the gym (1 hour)..my best friend Lindsay teaches work out classes at the gym and HOLY COW it was hard. I wasn’t expecting her to make the first class so challenging by it was!

I already roasted the sweet potatoes in advance, and I wanted to have dinner ready the second I got back from the gym (cause I knew I’d be starving and when i’m hungry I’m like an impatient 2 year old) so I put all the ingredients I would cook on the stove in the recipe link above in the crock pot on high for 4 hours.

i love my crock pot. it gets a lot of use when I’m at school!

i also ate one too many tortilla chips along with dinner

9:00pm-write this post 🙂 I also ate a piece of dark chocolate and a clementine

11:30pm-BED..while watching teen mom..I take it I’m the only one who watches this show right?

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time to go read some blogs then go to class!

I wrote a guest post on Ashley’s blog today so don’t forget to check it out!

so I’m finally all moved into my new apartment at school which is pretty exciting! But I should warn you ahead of time that this will not be a traditional WIAW post because i had no idea it was Tuesday yesterday until about..uhh..6pm? so those spoonfuls of almond butter and such were not pictured

but anywho..so my mom and i drove down to Delaware Monday morning

we left my house at 9am

8 HOURS LATER WE ARRIVED. yes it took us 8 hours when it’s suppose to take 5-6.

wanna know why?

our first spot of traffic was by the GW bridge where we were delayed about 45 minutes..then we drove another 35 minutes with no problem until we came to a stand still. cars were literally parked on the highway for an hour due to a terrible accident that involved 2 trucks

kids were playing street hockey..on the new jersey turn pike!! insane

hi mom!

we got out of our car, met some friends, stretched, soaked in some rays..for about an hour until the traffic started moving..quite the adventure to say the least

when we finally got to Delaware we unpacked and then had a MUCH NEEDED glass of wine

a nice glass of pinot gri for me!

we went out to dinner Monday night to Iron Hill Brewery with my roommate molly and her mom

we started with an order of sweet potato fries which went un-pictured because they were inhaled in about 5 seconds

Molly and I decided to spilt an entree and order an appetizer for our meal

we split the red chile shrimp (which was off their 600 calories or less menu which I think is nice that they have!) which came with a corn and a black bean cake with a lime crema..delish!

we also split the buffalo chicken eggrolls..um not good for you whatsoever but SO BOMB. i love anything that involves buffalo chicken

Tuesday morning we all went to Breakfast at my favorite spot Sinclairs

I got an egg white omelet with mushrooms, spinach, and pepper-jack cheese..hit the spot! they also have free refills on ice coffee..yup its pretty much amazing. so along with my omelet i had 2 glasses of ice coffee

yesterday was a busy day of errands! which included Target, Costco, and the Grocery store! we are fully stalked on groceries now that’s for sure!

for lunch (which didn’t happen until around 3:30 yesterday) I whipped up some chicken salad

i love putting grapes in my chicken salad yum! I had some on top of mixed greens with sirracha hot sauce as my dressing ..obviously. my mouth was on fire but it was so worth it

for our first meal in our new apartment we decided to have a potluck dinner with two of my good friends who live right across the way!

molly set in the table in true college fashion..paper plates and bowls that don’t match and silverware..oh and hi to molly in the background!

Molly made the salad which had scallions, cucumber, and grapes, and a bowl of goat cheese on the side!, i made grilled chicken with a mango avocado salsa, my friend becca made pasta salad, and my friend kristen brought fruit for dessert!

everything was so delicious! except a few pieces of the chicken weren’t cooked all the way cause I’m not use to an electric stove! (oh and I also set off the fire alarm..just welcoming myself to the neighborhood!)

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so not a traditional WIAW but I still managed to remember to snap pictures of most of my eats!

it is so crazy being all moved into my new apartment but I LOVE where I’m living this year and I can tell it is going to be a great year!

but I still don’t understand how i’m already a junior in college..college goes by at WARP speed..i’m going to make sure this year goes by slowly..wish me luck on that one!

so I kind of have an obsession with cook books and food magazines..every time I look through either one I dog ear every single recipe I want to try (which is basically all of them)

in a recent cooking light magazine I dog ear’d (i could just say “market” but i like making up my own words..) numerous recipes that i wanted to try

the problem is I do this a lot and don’t get around to testing out the recipes! so my new goal for myself is to try more new recipes

oh and also since i can’t leave anything alone i like to change recipes i try to make them my own

so i came across these “vegetable and rice burritos with quesadilla cheese” in the latest cooking light magazine issue and was immediately intrigued..but i’m sorry..what is quesadilla cheese? so I made some changes..

here’s how you make my version: Vegetable Burritos

to prepare the rice heat a small soup pot over medium heat with a tsp of olive oil

next add in 1 tsp garlic and 1/3 cup long-grain white rice

stir the rice around for a couple minutes until the rice becomes slightly brown

add in 2/3 cup water and 1 tsp of salt, and bring the mixture to a boil. Once the rice is boiling, cover, reduce the heat to medium low and set the timer for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes turn the heat off and let the rice sit covered for a few minutes.

Once the rice has sat for a few minutes, add in 1 tsp diced jalapeno pepper

i promise its not too spicy!

now its time to make the burritos!

take a 6-8” whole wheat tortilla and spread about a tablespoon of the greek yogurt mixture on the bottom

next add about 1/4 cup of rice

then the veggie mixture

and finally the cheese! I used reduced-fat shredded mexican cheese but any shredded cheese of choice would work!

all wrapped up into burrito shape!

if you’re making 4 burritos at one time go ahead and prepare all the burritos up to this point before turning on the pan to cook them

but since I was the only one eating them ( all for me muhahaha) I just made the one and used the same skillet i cooked the veggies in cleaned out, and heated back to medium high heat with some non-stick cooking spray

cook the burritos for about 3 minutes per side

flip over to let the other side get nice and crispy!

now time to EAT

so good!

i made some quick guac to eat along side (highly recommended!) just half an avocado with salt, lemon juice, and cilantro

i made the leftovers into two more burritos for my mom and I for lunch today but added in some black beans and avocado inside the burrito which made them even more delicious!

mm so cheesy and yummy and WAY healthier than veggie burritos at any fast food restaurant

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